diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index 1b88d4d90d3e1..68d98fa8ad48e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ jobs:
     #    To freeze this file, uncomment out the ``if: false`` condition, and migrate the jobs
     #    to the corresponding posix/windows-macos/sdist etc. workflows.
     # Feel free to modify this comment as necessary.
-    if: false # Uncomment this to freeze the workflow, comment it to unfreeze
+    #if: false # Uncomment this to freeze the workflow, comment it to unfreeze
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash -eou pipefail {0}
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python Dev Version
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: '3.12-dev'
+          python-version: '3.13-dev'
 
       - name: Build Environment
         run: |
diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/parser/test_dialect.py b/pandas/tests/io/parser/test_dialect.py
index 7a72e66996d43..803114723bc74 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/parser/test_dialect.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/parser/test_dialect.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def custom_dialect():
         "escapechar": "~",
         "delimiter": ":",
         "skipinitialspace": False,
-        "quotechar": "~",
+        "quotechar": "`",
         "quoting": 3,
     }
     return dialect_name, dialect_kwargs